Piccadilly Line remains priority

PUB. DATE

November 2017

SOURCE

Rail Business Intelligence;11/16/2017, Issue 546, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the confirmation from the Transport for London (TfL) at the London Assembly Transport Committee on November 8, 2017 regarding the replacement of ageing fleets under the Deep Tube Upgrade Programme, starting with the Piccadilly Line.

This section offers news briefs in Great Britain's railroad industry, including Network Rail's replacement of the overall roof at Edinburgh Waverley and maintenance work by London Underground at Oxford Circus Station.

The article reports that expenditure of Network Rail, on renewals in England Ft Wales will rise to just under 2.6 billion pounds in 2013-14, the final year of the current Control Period 4 (CP4), and it is expected that some expenditure on the network telecom's project, funded during CP4, may now...

The article offers news briefs related to railways in Great Britain including the diesel gala of the Midland Railway Butterley, the progress of the restoration work at the Wensleydale Railway, and the anniversary celebration of the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway.

The article reports on the plan of the West Coast Main Line (WCML), an inter-city railway route in Great Britain, to reopen to traffic between Carlisle, England and Glasgow, Scotland on February 22, 2016.

The article reports that according to Transport for London (TfL), upgrade of Jubilee Line on the London Underground transit system in London, England including resignalling with transmission-based train control, cost 721 million pounds as opposed to the original projected cost of 285.3 million...

The article deals with the plan of the Transport for London to operate and manage additional train services through its program regarding the lease of up to 10 extra trams for the network of London Tramlink which covers the areas of Croydon and Wimbledon in England in March 2011.